Symplocos costata

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Symplocos costata

Description

Tree to 20 m, 40 cm ø. Leaves glabrous, narrowly ovate to elliptic, with cuneate, acute base, slightly dentate, nearly entire margin and acuminate apex, 6-21 by 2-7 cm; Stamens 60 to more than 100. Ovary glabrous, c. ½ mm high; Fruit ellipsoid to cylindrical, often slightly curved, azure blue, 20-40 by 8-20 mm; Seed cylindrical;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, West & Central Java present
Malesia: West & Central Java (E as far as G. Telemojo). .

Citation

Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 467
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 467
NOOT. 1975: p. 179. – In: Leid. Bot. Ser.: pl. 8a-d, phot. 1-2
BRAND 1906 – In: Bull. Herb. Boiss.: 748
K. & V. 1900 – In: Bijdr.: 153
Koord. 1914 – In: Atlas: t. 380
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 466
BRAND 1901 – In: Pfl. R. Heft: 52
ZOLL. 1857 – In: Nat. Tijd. N. I.: 161
BACK. & BAKH. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 206